Swamp Notes: Will Republicans take back the Senate?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 12 October 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Both chambers of the US Congress are like the country they represent: narrowly divided. But while Democrats currently hold a one-seat Senate majority, Republicans are increasingly confident that they’ll take back control of the chamber after the election next month. The FT’s Washington bureau chief, James Politi, and the Cook Political Report’s Senate and Governors editor, Jessica Taylor, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why this year’s Congressional map looks so good for Republicans.
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| 0:11.0 | The President's come into office with big plans, cut taxes, sign treaties, build new bridges and |
| 0:18.4 | highways. |
| 0:19.4 | But Presidents can't pass their agenda without approval from lawmakers in Congress. |
| 0:25.0 | And the race to control the Senate this year is as close as ever. This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the F.T. News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Sonia Hudson. and this week we're asking are |
| 0:45.8 | Republicans about to take back the Senate? Here with me to discuss is James |
| 0:50.8 | Pallidi he's the F. T. Washington Bureau Chief. Hi James Pallidi. He's the F.T.'s Washington Bureau Chief. Hi James. |
| 0:54.0 | Hey Sonia. And we've also got Jessica Taylor. She is the Senate and Governor's editor for the Cook political report. |
| 1:00.0 | Hi Jessica. Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:03.0 | Thanks for coming on the show. |
| 1:04.0 | So Jessica, I want to start with you, |
| 1:06.0 | since you basically live and breed Senate elections, |
| 1:09.0 | the states that hold Senate races vary every year. |
| 1:12.0 | It's, you know, one of those weird quirks of |
| 1:14.1 | American politics. So which states are holding Senate elections this year and |
| 1:19.6 | which are the ones that you're most closely watching? |
| 1:23.1 | You're right, it matters which third of the Senate is up every year. |
| 1:25.8 | Some senators have six-year terms. |
| 1:27.7 | And unfortunately for a Democrats, |
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